West End of Pecan Island to the Mermentau River

by Louisiana

$350 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A rare original coastal survey of southern Louisiana coast and includes Pecan Island, Lower Mud Lake, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, and the Mementau River. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its

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